Hey everyone! Last weekend I met up with some expats living in Prague and we went sightseeing together. We went to Petřín hill, just across the river Vltava from the old town and city center. Well, on the map it's "just across the river", but in reality it took a bit to walk up there.
It's still a bit cold. The spring is probably just around the corner, but I can't wait! There is actually a general frustration about the weather among the people living here. Everyone would like the season to change, but we're still getting a little snow like every other day.
The view from Petřín to the city.
Foreigners working in Prague: Ingrid, David and Eva.
We walked quite a bit and we also went to the Prague Castle. It's a place where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The castle is one of the biggest in the world and honestly it looks like a bunch of buildings together. As Wikipedia says, the castle buildings represent virtually every architectural style of the last millennium.
Inside the castle area there is St. Vitus Cathedral, the biggest and most important cathedral in The Czech Republic. It is also a place where the Bohemian Crown Jewels, said to be some of the most valuable, are kept. I heard, that they are behind a door with seven locks. Those seven locks are locked with seven keys, and the keys are given to seven people - the President of the state, and the highest political and the Church authorities. In order to open the door, all those seven people with the seven keys have to come to open the seven locks.
St. Vitus Cathedral.
Window.
Outside.
In the evening I went to a quite different setting. I met up with my friends and we went to a club called Cross Club. The place was very interesting. The whole interior (and also the yard actually) was made out of scrap metal and all kinds of junk. For example the sofas were old bus seats and the lamps were made out of all kinds of pipes, old motors even of old sewing machines.
Lamp.
Another "lamp".
They had a snack bar where you could get hot dogs, burgers and french fries, in the club. I mean, how cool is that?? You're always hungry after dancing the night away, and having a snack bar in the club is just amazing. But not for your diet necessarily... But anyway, I had a cheeseburger, which was good (well, everything tastes good at that hour). But now when I think back at the "steak" in the burger, I'm like completely grossed out, because I have absolutely no idea what it was made of. I probably don't even want to know... but still I'm thinking about it... Yah!
It's still a bit cold. The spring is probably just around the corner, but I can't wait! There is actually a general frustration about the weather among the people living here. Everyone would like the season to change, but we're still getting a little snow like every other day.
We walked quite a bit and we also went to the Prague Castle. It's a place where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The castle is one of the biggest in the world and honestly it looks like a bunch of buildings together. As Wikipedia says, the castle buildings represent virtually every architectural style of the last millennium.
Inside the castle area there is St. Vitus Cathedral, the biggest and most important cathedral in The Czech Republic. It is also a place where the Bohemian Crown Jewels, said to be some of the most valuable, are kept. I heard, that they are behind a door with seven locks. Those seven locks are locked with seven keys, and the keys are given to seven people - the President of the state, and the highest political and the Church authorities. In order to open the door, all those seven people with the seven keys have to come to open the seven locks.
In the evening I went to a quite different setting. I met up with my friends and we went to a club called Cross Club. The place was very interesting. The whole interior (and also the yard actually) was made out of scrap metal and all kinds of junk. For example the sofas were old bus seats and the lamps were made out of all kinds of pipes, old motors even of old sewing machines.
They had a snack bar where you could get hot dogs, burgers and french fries, in the club. I mean, how cool is that?? You're always hungry after dancing the night away, and having a snack bar in the club is just amazing. But not for your diet necessarily... But anyway, I had a cheeseburger, which was good (well, everything tastes good at that hour). But now when I think back at the "steak" in the burger, I'm like completely grossed out, because I have absolutely no idea what it was made of. I probably don't even want to know... but still I'm thinking about it... Yah!
1 comments:
When I was in Prague I missed the last part you wrote about!
But yeah, definitely it´s cool to eat something after all night partying!
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